Injury Blow For Bangladesh

Hassan - ruled out.

Bangladesh batsman Raqibul Hassan will miss the final two games of the one-day international series against Australia after fracturing his thumb.

The 20-year-old sustained the injury after he was hit by a delivery from Brett Geeves in the first game of the series, which Australia won by 180 runs.

"He (Raqibul) will not take part in the remaining two matches on September 3 and September 9 in Darwin," a statement from the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile seamer Mashrafe Mortaza has called on his fellow bowlers to lift themselves in the wake of Saturday's 180-run drubbing.

"In the last game I was bowling tight from one end but Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) was leaking runs," he said. "Against Australia it is mighty important to bowl a high percentage of good balls.

"We had a chat with the AIS bowling coach Damien Fleming during our warm-ups and he also stressed on making scoring difficult and said that you win yourself a point with every dot ball you bowl against Australia."